New Hubway Stations Planned for the South End

Boston’s bike-sharing service Hubway announced this week that more than 75 percent of its bicycle stations are open and operational. In the South End, three stations from previous years will be back, including the Tremont Street station in front of the South End Library, one at Tremont and Berkeley Streets, and Columbus Avenue at Mass. Ave.  Three new stations are planned for the South End, including Washington Street at Rutland Street, Boston Medical Center and Washington Street at Waltham Street.  “After a very snowy winter we are thrilled to announce that Hubway is open for business,” the company said in an announcement. “Our team will continue to add stations and expect to be fully deployed by mid-April.” The current Hubway footprint is 112 stations and 1100 bicycles with several updates to the 2012 configuration: Boston: Additional docking points installed at 10 of the most highly utilized stations, including Congress/Sleeper, Post Office Square, Beacon/Mass Ave, and Charles Circle Summer/Arch station has moved one block to the corner of Franklin/Arch and has added 12 docking points to accommodate demand TD Garden/Legends Way station has moved to the sidewalk along Causeway St at Portal Park and added 7 docking points New station at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Navy Yard facility Brookline: Washington Square will get a station in metered parking spots along the median of Beacon St (to be installed after the Boston Marathon) New station in on-street parking spots along Harvard Ave in the Kennedy Crossing area of Brookline, providing a critical link between Coolidge Corner and Allston  Cambridge: New station at the Radcliffe Quad, at Garden St/Shepard St Planned station for the Porter Square T plaza Somerville: New station at Highland Ave/Somerville Hospital New station at Teele Square/Elm St New station adjacent to Tufts at Packard Ave/Powderhouse Blvd Ball Square station moving down the block to Bristol Rd at the intersection of Broadway SOUTH END PATCH: Facebook | Twitter | E-mail Updates South End Patch

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